Wind socks that jerk and whip around or suddenly and dramatically change direction--up to and including a 180-degree reversal and back again--should be taken as concrete signs of gusty conditions.
Answer: The
wind sock is one of four recently put up at the urging of a member of the Union Pacific Eugene Safety Committee.
HOW much longer are Romford greyhound owners prepared to let their pride and joys chase (or not chase, as is the case) a silent fluorescent orange
wind sock?
"Thoughtful!" I chirp as I unwrap a four-foot rainbow
wind sock from my mother's well-meaning college roommate.
Built by Dinky for a laugh, it had a fuel gauge as reliable as a
wind sock. And for the rest of my teenage years, I could only sit and fume behind the wheel as my life savings rusted away around Broughty Ferry.
The multi- coloured fish is a
wind sock,but I haven't got a garden so I hung it in here instead because I like the colours.
2: What does a white, triangular sign with a red border, featuring a
wind sock, mean?
Other examples are the Bramich hare (which resembled a railway truck, now thankfully discarded) and the silent Swaffham mechanism (with a bare
wind sock insultingly portrayed as the 'hare').
WIMBLEDON has replaced its controversial green
wind sock hare with a more realistic 'black and brown' version as used by the Ockendon schooling track, writes Jim Cremin.
GREAT news from Wimbledon this week that Chart King is coming for the Derby - and that Arthur Hitch is sorting out the track's daft
wind sock. Good on Wimbledon's management for finally showing its mettle.